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In Their Own Words_What Do Chinese Village Girls Value And Gain From Schooling- 96-311-1-Pb.Pdf, Vilma Seeberg, Shujuan Luo
In Their Own Words_What Do Chinese Village Girls Value And Gain From Schooling- 96-311-1-Pb.Pdf, Vilma Seeberg, Shujuan Luo
Vilma Seeberg
In remote valleys and plateaus of western China, village girls have been pushing their way into schools. Despite extreme family poverty, the vulnerabilities and low status of being a girl, the isolation of their villages, as well as the deplorable conditions of their schooling, girls persist in seeking an education. We examine forces of change where minimal human rights, minimal social justice,and multiple deprivations of freedomwere the norm. We brought to light village girls’ capabilities and their potential for gaining individual and collective social justice. Their schooling provided all the village girls with identity, legitimacy, visibility and respect …